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Shiny Glass Snail

Zonitoides nitidus

839Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
68Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan9
Feb13
Mar45
Apr83
May111
Jun103
Jul85
Aug112
Sep104
Oct100
Nov27
Dec28

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Doncaster England70
2Cambridgeshire England55
3Dumfries and Galloway Scotland55
4Norfolk England48
5North Yorkshire England46
6Gloucestershire England35
7East Riding of Yorkshire England30
8Cornwall England20
9Worcestershire England20
10Carmarthenshire Wales19
11Kent England18
12Nottinghamshire England15
13Oxfordshire England14
14Isle of Anglesey Wales12
15Somerset England11
634 England98 Scotland81 Wales26 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 68 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
839
Peak month
August
Counties with records
68
Scientific name
Zonitoides nitidus
Group
Molluscs
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Gastrodontidae
Genus
Zonitoides
Name with authority
Zonitoides nitidus (O.F.Müller, 1774)
Described
1774
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1532576 · GBIF 2295422